History of Civilization (1991-2016) - Video Game History
68Celebrate the 25th anniversary of Civilization games with this brand new video that takes you through all the games in the series including the new Civilization VI (released October 21, 2016).
Civilization is a series of turn-based strategy video games first released in 1991. Sid Meier developed the first game in the series and has had creative input for most of the rest, and his name is usually included in the formal title of these games, such as Sid Meier's Civilization. There have since been six main games in the series, a number of expansion packs and spin-off games. There have been board games inspired by the video game series. The series is considered a formulative example of the 4X genre, which players achieve victory through four routes, "eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate".
All titles in the series share similar gameplay, centered on building a civilization on a macro-scale from prehistory up to the near future. Each turn allows the player to move his or her units on the map, build or improve new cities and units, and initiate negotiations with the computer-controlled players. In between turns, computer players can do the same. The player will also choose technologies to research. These reflect the cultural, intellectual, and technical sophistication of the civilization, and usually allow the player to build new units or to improve their cities with new structures. In most games in the series, one may win by military conquest, achieving a certain level of culture, building an interstellar space ship, or achieving the highest score, among other means.
Games included in video:
1991 - Civilization
1994 - Colonization
1995 - CivNet
1996 - Freeciv
1996 - Civilization II
1999 - Civilization: Call to Power
1999 - C-evo
1999 - Alpha Centauri
2000 - Call to Power II
2001 - Civilization III
2003 - FreeCol
2005 - Civilization IV
2006 - CivCity: Rome
2008 - Civilization Revolution
2010 - Civilization V
2011 - Civilization World
2014 - Civilization: Beyond Earth
2014 - Civilization Revolution 2
2016 - Civilization VI
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